The Irish standard., 1887-05-07
CELEBRATED IRISH CLERICS
Who Attained Extraordinary Greatness in
Foreign Lands by Their MAST
erly Works.

Foreign Lands by Their MAST
erly Works.
THE IRISH COLLEGE OF PRAGUE.
The Cistercian from Kilkenny True Dis
ciple Of st. Bernard Ills Scho-
]arship Remarkable
Sebastian Shortal, a native of Kill
kenny, became a Cistercian in ''the
Monastery of Nucale, in Gallicia, Spain,
where he was held in greatreputation. "
A distinguished Cistercian writer as
sures us that he was "a man of sharp
wit, good disputant and one of the
best poets this society ever had; and
that his writings had obtained a high
character" Shortal was the author of
some prose works. Father John Glare.
Jesuit, was highly esteemed by his
superiors lie was the author of "The
Converted jew" which he dedicated to
the two universities of Oxford and
Cambridge. Father Purcell wrote "The
Right Way to God" Florence Grey
published an Irish grammar at Louvain.
Richard Rockford, native of Leinster,
and Franciscan at Louvai2, published
in English ''The Life of the Glorious
Bishop, St. Patrick, Apostle and Pri-
mate of Ireland" He also wrote the
lives of the Holy Virgin, St. Bridget
and St. Colomb, patrons of Ireland.
His works were sent from the press at
st. Omer's. Thaddeus Bowling was a
great canonist. He gave much of his
time to the study of his native land.
Besides the "Annals Of Ireland" he
also had printed an Irish grammar.
Richard Creagh, bishop of Limerick,
wrote several able works. He was the
author of an Ecclesiastical History"
wrote a controversial work, and pub
lished the ''Lives Of the Irish Saints, >"
and also an Irish catechism. j hn
O'Farrell, a native of Munster, and a
Franciscan in the Irish college of Lou
vain, was great preacher, and acquired
reputation as poet. He composed
some elegant elegiac verses on the
glories of the Geraldines. He also
wrote some good verses on the Stymas
of St. Francis of Assist. James Shiel,
a Franciscan also, and a native Of
Down, and titular bishop of Down and
Connor, wrote an answer to DR.. Jen-
nings' aChallenge." Shiel's work was
great success. and went through sew
eral editions even in London. Barna-
by Kearny, Jesuit priest of Douay
and Antwerp, was esteemed as pow
erful preacher. He published some vol
umes of his sermons at Paris, Lyons
and Rome. Edmund Dwyer, titular
bishop of Limerick. wrote some poetry.
One of his poems had for subject the
''Fire of Kildare's Holy Fame" Father
Henry Ryan, a Dominican, who lived
at Rome during the pontifcate of Pope
Urban VIII, wrote some creditable
poetry. Zone of his poems,'' said an
old author, lis reckoned a very elegant
piece" Robert Chamberlain, a native
of Ulster, secular doctor of divinity
at Salamanca" was an able theologlan.
He composed some excellent tracts on
his favorite study. Francis Matthews.
Franciscan from Cork. who held re-
sponsible offices in his order, is praised
by Luke Wadding for his abilities in
divinity and canon law. He was the
author of several theological works.
He was very Jealous man, and was
put to death in his native city. The
Jesuit, Peter Wadding, was a versatile
writer. He defended his order with
great success against the malicious at
tacks of it's enemies. He composed
some volumes of moral and dogmatic
theology, and also published several
poems. Francis O'Mellaghlin of Ath-
lone. so famous in Irish story, was a
Franciscan, and jubilate lecturer of
divinity in the Irish college Of Prague,
and afterwards public professor Of that
faculty in the Cathedral Seminary at
Imola, in the Roman states. So highly
was he esteemed for his learning that
he was ordered by the archbishop of
Imola to write work on philosophy.
This he did in an able manner. DR..
Timothy O'Brien, of the county Cork
wrote some controversial works. He
ably answered the vile attacks of Row.
land Davis, dean of Cork. One of his
books was styled ''Goliath Beheaded
with His Own Sword" O'Brien also
published some sermons. Richard
Archdekin of Kilkenny was distin-
'guished member of the Jesuit order. He
professed divinity and philosophy at
Louvain and Antwerp. He soon &C.
quired a great reputation as theolog-
ian. Besides other works, he wrote
ssTheOlogia Tripartita Universe"
This work was favorably known in all
parts of Europe. AS early as 1900 the
eleventh edition of it was published at
Venice. John Harding, of Waterford,